Smoker&#39;s receptacle



June 24, 1930. B. PUTTERMAN 1,767,476

SMOKER S RECEPTACLE Filed March 11, 1929 2 Sheets-Sheet 1- [IQ/l l2 I INVENTOR Wm) W ATTORNEYS June 1930. B. PUTTERMAN 1,767,476

SMOKERS RECEPTACLE Filed March 11, 1929 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 ATTORNEYS I spaced from 'providea fume passageway therebetween.

Patented June 24, 1930 v UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE BENJAMIN PUTTERMAN, OI BROOKLYN, NEW

PRODUCTS CORE, A CORPORATION 01 NEW YORK YORK, ASSIGNOB TO YANKEE MIT-AL smoxnn's nncn'rrncnn Application filed March 11, 1929. Serial 1T0. 846,218.

This invention relates to smokers receptacles and more particularly to that type of receptacle which will retain smokers waste, such as ash, burnt matches and stubs of cigars and cigarettes, within a compartment in such a manner as to prevent the odor of said waste from contaminating the atmosphere, and to provide means to prevent the cigars, cigarettes or matches from accumulating in the path of the opening of the receptacle.

One of the objects of this invention is to provide a smokers waste receptacle which will retain lighted matches, cigars or cigarette stubs and extinguish them without allowing the odor, fumes or smoke from said lighted matches, cigar or cigarette stubs from contaminating the surrounding atmos phere.

Another object of this invention is to provide a smokers waste receptacle which is divided into substantially two compartments one of which receives the smokers waste and upon the walls of which the fumes and smoke disintegrate, the other compartment acting as an auxiliary to capture anyfumes .or smoke in excess'of that which cannot be disintegrated in the receiving compartment, one of the compartments being provided with means to prevent the cigars, cigarettes or matches from accumulating in the path of the opening of the receptacle. 4

Another object of the invention is to provide a smokers receptacle including a downwardly extending member which acts as a fume deflecting and retaining member and provides a smoke disintegration chamber within the receptacle.'

Another object of the invention is to provide a smokers receptacle having a deflectis of substantial conical formation and portions of the receptacle to Still another object of the invention is to provide a smokers receptacle having a deflecting and partitioning member therein so .as to divide the receptacle into two compartments, said member bein adapted to deflect the rising smoke into t e upper compartmg and partitioning member therein which 33 of r ment, and trap the smoke in ment.

Another object of the invention is to rovide a smokers receptacle having therein a deflecting and therethrough but arranged for retaining said fumes after entry to the chamber formed thereby.

A further object of this invention is to provide a smokers waste receptacle of the character described which will be ornamental as well as practical, compact and inexpensive to manufacture, and which can be conveniently used upon a table or desk, or which can be readily adapted to be used in combination wit -a smokers, stand.

With these and other objects in view, to be more fully set forth hereinafter, the invention consists in the novel-construction, combination of elements and arrangement of parts which will be exemplified in the operation and construction herein described in the following specification and illustrated in the accompanying drawings.

lhe disclosure made the basis of exemplifying the present inventive concept suggests practical embodiments thereof, but the invention is not to be restricted to the exact details of these disclosures, and the latter, therefore are to be understood from an illustrative, rather than a restrictive standpoint.

The invention will first be described in connection with the accompanying drawings, wherein similar references characters are used to designate corresponding parts throu hout the several views and more specifica y defined and indicated in the appended claims.

The inventive idea involved is capable of recelving a/variety of mechanical expressions, some of which, for the purpose of illustration, are shown in the accompanying drawings, in which- Fig. 1 is a view partially in section of one embodiment of the present invention;

Fig.2 is a similar view of a modified form of the invention;

Fig. 3 is a sectional view taken on the lines said compartjpartitioning member apertured to provide for the passage of fumes Fig. 4 is a view partially in section of a further form of the present invention; and

Figs. 5, 6 and 7 are similar views of additional forms or modifications of the invention. Referring to the drawings it will be noted that in each form of the invention a suitable designed receptacle body is provided wh ch for convenience is in each instance designated by the numeral 10. The body 10 is 'provided with a floor 11 upon'which is mounted a deflecting member 12 in line with the opening in the receptacle top through which the smokers refuse is deposited, thus acting to revent the straight upward passage of umes from such refuse through the opening and also to prevent the deposit of waste in the path of the opening.

In each form of the invention herein presented, the upper end of the receptacle is provided with a suitable design closure or cover having a side flange 14 and flat upper surface 15 depressed as at 16 to provide cigar or cigarette receiving portions. The to s in each form of the invention also inclu e the inwardly tapering central portion 17 which is apertured to provide a communication therethrough to the interior of the body 10, the aperture being associated with a tube 18 which depends from the portion 17.

In considering the present invention, no claim is made for the s ecific structure of the receptacle top and de ector except as in so far they cooperate with the associated novel structure as will be hereinafter described. It will be distinctly understood therefore that any suitable receptacle, deflector and top may be utilized in the forming of the present invention. The structure herein shown and described is merely by way of illustration and various types of permanently or removable associated receptacle tops and deflectors may be utilized without in any way departing from the spirit or scope of the present invention. Thus the full use of equivalents may be resorted to, all within the scope of the appended claims.

Again referring to the drawings in general, it will be noted that each form of the invention is characterized by the provision of a deflecting and partitioning member designated throughout the drawings by the numeral 20; This feature and its novel position, cooperation and function is the essence of applicants present invention. The element 20 hereinafter referred to as a flange is centrally apertured and extends from the central aperture downwardly to or near to the side walls of the body 10. Thus it provides a downwardly extending concave or conical surface adapted to deflect and guide fumes and to trap them thereabove against exit through the tube 18. Some of the many forms of this feature of applicants invention are herein presented. It will be understood, however, that all the forms of the inouter edge to the body 10 approximately midway etween the top and ottom. The

flange extends upwardly and inwardly from its point of attachment to a point near but spaced from the depending tube 18. The flange in thisinstance is concave, the crosssection being curved and the central portion terminating in a flange 21, which surrounds the central aperture. The terminal flange 21 is spaced from the tube 18 to provide for the passage of fumes therebetween. In this form of the invention the tube 18 may be apertured as at 22. It will be understood that the tube 18 may or may not be apertured in an of the various forms of the invention.

11 the operation of this form of the invention, refuse material is deposited through the tube 18, being guided by the inclined surface 17. As the material drops within the body 10, it is deflected by the member 12 to assume a position as indicated by the cigars or cigarettes. Fumes rising therefrom are deflected by the flange 20 and as indicated by the arrows pass between the flange 21 and the tube 18 and are thus trapped above the flange 20 in the upper chamber formed thereby. As an auxiliary means of admitting fumes to this chamber, the apertures 22 may be provided. Fumes in excess of those entering the chamber between the tube 18 and the flange 21 may pass upwardly in the tube 18 to the a rtures 22. These fumes will be prevented om further passing up the tube by normal external air pressure and will pass through the apertures 22 to be trapped within the disintegration chamber as indicated by the arrows.

Referring specifically to Figs. 2 and 3, this form of the invention also includes the flange 20 which is of circular section convex form as in the flange 20 of Fig. 1. In this form of the invention the central aperture surrounds but is spaced from the tube 18 and it will be seen that the use of both or either the flange 21 and apertures 22 of Fig. 1 is optional. In this form of the invention, the flange 20 is also secured to the body 10 and supported thereby independently of the tube 18 as in Fig. 1. The outer body engaging portion of the flange 20 is however cut away as at 25, these portions being spaced from the walls of the body 10 to rovide fume passages therebetween. It will e noted that the ou'er edge section of the flange 20 in this instance is a substantial spider,.the intermediate portions 26 between the cuts 25 forming the legs of the spider and supportthe body 10 pass not confined to the number or configuration of the cutout portions 25 or intermediate portions 26 herein shown. Obviously the same results will be accomplished by apertures slightly spaced from the peripheral ed of the flange 20. a

If: the operation of this form of the invention refuse material as indicated at 27 may be deposited within the body as in the case of Fig. 1 and will by being deflected by the fi deflector assume a position similar to that indicated by 27. The fumes arising therefrom will, as indicated by the arrows, and

uided by the contour of the side walls of t e body 10, pass upwardly. Portions of the fumes passing between the flange and at the cut-out portions into the upper chamber being trapped therein by the inwardly and upwardly extending surface. By providing the spacing between the tube 18 and the inner edge of the flange 20, fumes not otherwise trapped will pass into the chamber in the manner described in connection with Fig. 1, all as indicated by the arrows. Obviously the invention contemplates the c'ontinuation of the flange 20 to the tube 18 in such cases where the entrance adjacent the body 10 sufllces.

Referring to that form of the invention illustrated in Fig. 4, it will be seen that the flange 20 is in this instance supported by the tube 18, the outer edge thereof being spaced from the side walls of the chamber 10. The lower outer edge of the flange 20 may in this instance be provided with an upstanding flange 30 which is spaced from the side walls of the body 10 and provide therebetween passage for the fumes into the upper disintegration chamber. In the present specific illustration of this form of the invention the flange 20 is shown encirclin the tube18, an inner flange 31 being provi ed as a joining flange with the tube 18. The tube 18 is also shown as apertured at 32 similar to the apcr- F tures shown in Fig. 1. The flange 30 and the apertures 32 are of course optional and may be dispensed with, and if desired the inner edge of the flange 20 may be apertured or cut out to provide fume passages therethrough to the chamber or between the inner edge and the tube 18.

In this form of the invention refuse may be deposited through the tube 18 to be deflecte by the deflector 12 and assume the position shown at 33 as previously described. Fumes rising therefrom will pass upwardly alongnthe walls of the chamber 10 and will tween the flange 30 and the walls to be trapped within the upper chamber. It

. will be understood that in this or other forms" of the invention the contour of the walls may be such as to lend a guiding influence to the fumes as do the walls in Figs. 1 and 2. As indicated by the arrows in some instances, it

1. may be that some of the fumes will pass unsome of the fumes will be trapped under the flange 20 and such fumes will be retained in the annular space 34 surrounding the tube 18 and will there disintegrate. If this is undesirable, apertures may be provided in the ange 20 or portions thereo may be spaced from the tube 18 to provide passage of the fumes to the upper chamber.

Referring to i 5, the form of the invention illustrated em odies some of the features discussed in connection with Fig. 4. The flange 20 is supported from the tube 18 and extends downwardly and outwardly therefrom. In this form of theinvention the peripheral flange and the apertures of the tube 18 arenot disclosed, their provision being in either case 0 tional. The flange 20 termi- 'nates short 0 the side walls of the body 10 to provide fume passage therebetween. Suitable apertures are formed in the flange 20 shown as at 35 to provide for the entrance of fumes to the upper chamber at many points over its surface both adjacent and intermediate its inner and outer edges It will be understood that the apertures in this instance provide a screening action permitting the free passage of fumes to the upper chamber formed thereby by preventing the outward passage of fumes therefrom. It will be understood that the number, configuration and positioning ofthe apertures 35 may be experimentally determined and that great departure from these characteristics of the apertures 35 as shown will not depart from the spirit or scope of the invention.

In the operation of this form of the invention refuse material dropped through the tube 18 and deflected by the member 12 assumes the general position indicated at 36.

umes arisin from such refuse may pass upwardly gui ed by the side walls of the body 10 and may pass between the sides of the body and the outer edge of the flange 20, or it may pass through the apertures 35. In each instance it is received in the upper chamber Y and retained therein by the screening action of the a ertured flange 20 above referred to. In'this fbrm of the invention it will be seen that an interexchange of arts with res ect to the forms of the inventlon shown in 1 and 2 may be desired; it bein within the scope of the invention to utilize t e apertured flan 20 in the other forms of the invention, as, i desired,the flange 20 herein illustrated igs.

may extend to the walls of the receptacle and may be secured thereto for entire or partial support. By thus constructing the invention the disinte ating chamber will be formed by a divi 'ng member extending entirely across the bottom of the chamber which permits entrance of fumes thereto but prevents exit of fumes therefrom.

Referring to Fig. 6, this form of the present invention includes the flange 20 depending from the tube 18. The tube 18, however, extends below the bottom edge of the flange, thus insuring the effective trapping of fumes within the body 10. This feature of the invention it will be noted may be incorporated with any form of the invention herein described or with any modification thereof. In its operation the fumes to be emitted from the device, must pass below the level of the lowest entrance to the disintegration chamher. This obviously will not take place as the fumes passing off from the refuse are hot and will of course rise in the body seeking the highest place. Thus this form of the invention provides a double trapping action, the tube itself acting as a trap in addition to the trap formed by the flange 20.

In reference to the modification of the invention as illustrated in Fig. 7 of the drawings, I have provided the body portion 10 with a substantially disk-shaped member 20, which is secured to the side of the receptacle, but it is obvious that this disk-shaped member may be secured to the tube 18. This diskshaped member can. either be made in the form as illustrated in Fig. 3, wherein the said disk is provided with a plurality of small openings or cut-away portions 25,.or it may be solid as indicated in' Fig. 7 with the exception of the central opening through which the tube 18 projects. In this form, the smoke which comesfrom the cigar or cigarette 37 willbe deflected so as to pass through the side opening adjacent the tube. If the form adopted is that indicated in Fig. 3, certain fumes or smoke would be adapted to pass up the side of the receptacle through the opening, and the balance of the fumes would pass through the openings adjacent the tube, as is clearly indicated in Fig. 2. It is obvious from the foregoing description of the invention, and this has reference to all the figures of the drawings, that I have invented a very novel and unique smokers receptacle, in

which I have incorporated a member adapted to deflect rising smoke into the upper part of the receptacle, or in other words, this member has divided the receptacle into two parts or compartments, and the member acts as a deflector so as to deflect the rising smoke and trap the same in the upper compartment of the receptacle.

In accordance with the provision of the patent statute, I have described my invention but I desire it understood that it is not confined to the particular form shown and described, the same being merel illustrative, and that the invention can carried out in other ways, without departing from the spirit of m invention, and therefore, I claim broadly t e right to employ all equivalent instrumentalities coming within the scope of the appended claims, and by means of which, objects of my invention are attained and new results accomplished; as it 1s obvlous that the particular embodiments herein shown and described are only some of many that can be employed to attain these objects and accomplish these results.

What I claim and desire to obtain by Let ters Patent is- 1. A smokers receptacle including a body, a cover therefor, a tube depending from said cover and a downwardly and outwardly extending deflector surrounding said tube and being supported thereby.

2. A smokers receptacle including a body, a cover therefor, a tube depending from' said cover and a downwardly and outwardly extending deflector surrounding said tube, said deflector being spaced from the side walls of'said receptacle.

3. A smokers receptacle including a body, a cover therefor, a tube depending from said cover and a downwardly and outwardly extending deflector surrounding said tube, and

' March, 1929..

BENJAMIN PUTTERMAN. 

